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  • Aparajita Karmakar

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    May 21, 2021 at 11:22 pm
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    Hereditary diseases are also known as Inherited Diseases or Genetic Disorders. These are basically diseases that are occurred to a being because of it being passes over the generation due to defective genes.

    There are many diseases that come over in a generation. It is not specific to particular generation; it travels down the line up to seventh generation too.

    There are wide range of diseases that come under this category, following is list of few of them:

    1. Hemophilia

    2. Muscular dystrophy

    3. Albinism

    4. Turner syndrome

    5. Galactosemia

    And many more.

    I hope this answer helps!😊

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